you need to know I don’t get fucked and I don’t suck dick. And I was hoping you could break me off a little paper before I leave.”
How did I let this get out of hand so fast?
“Cisco, please put your clothes on and leave,” I said, trying to sound as reasonable as possible.
“So, it’s like that, huh?” I couldn’t tell if he was more angry or hurt.
“It’s like that,” I said. As much as I wanted him out of my house, I couldn’t not look at what seemed to be his big semi-erect dick peering from his white boxers.
“Okay, but I think you’re going to be sorry,” he said, thrusting a finger at me threateningly. Cisco slipped on his black warm-ups and left without a goodbye.
Ten
After a couple of long, lonely days, Dray bounced into my town house as if everything were cool as a spring breeze. I was not amused. He was wearing a hip-hop outfit of warm-ups, a long white T-shirt, and untied sneakers.
“So what you been doing?” he asked, taking a seat on the edge of the chaise in the living room.
“Waiting to hear from you, asshole,” I snapped. It wasn’t what I planned to say, but it just came out.
“Come on, Aldridge, don’t give me a hard time. You know I have a lot going on. I’m adjusting to a new coaching staff, getting settled in the house, and getting ready for my baby.”
I couldn’t resist this opening. “I wondered when we were going to get around to that.”
“Get around to what?”
“The baby. When were you going to tell me? Do you know how humiliating and hurtful it was to find out about it from my trainer, or better yet the newspaper and the Net?” Cisco’s face flashed in my head and I wondered if I should tell Dray how he had tried to seduce me. I still wasn’t sure what all that wasabout, but maybe that would make Dray jealous and he would realize he could lose me. That’s one thing that sometimes annoyed the hell out of me. Dray was so damn cocksure he had me in the palm of his hand, and it might do him some good if he knew I had other options.
“I was going to tell you. But no time seemed like the right time. And I didn’t want to tell you over the phone. We see each other so little that when I’m here all I want to do is hold you and make love to you. Besides, do you know how hard it was going to be for me to tell you Judi was pregnant? I already have you feeling sidelined in my life, so I knew hearing about the baby would upset you. There was no easy way to come out and say it.”
“You’re doing pretty well now, and clearly I’m not the only one you’ve been making love to.” I knew I sounded like some high-school bitch that wasn’t getting her way, but I couldn’t help myself. I had to know that this was bound to happen. That’s what married people did.
“Come on, boi. Married people have babies, and to be honest I’m so happy I don’t know what to do. I’m going to be a daddy. Why can’t you be happy for me? You feel like I’ve stuck you in the background and pull you out whenever I like, but without you … I don’t know how I’d get by. Judi give me things I need sometimes, but what I have with her … it’s not what we’ve got. A lot of this stuff is bigger than us. It involves my family, my career … shit, you know all this already.”
I stood over him for a moment in semi-shock. Here was the man who I had basically given my life to be with gloating over the fact that his wife was about to give him something I never could. The whole world was going to applaud the happy couple while I came up empty-handed. How was I supposed to be happy about that?
It was as if my soul had finally broken, like the New Orleans heat had with the arrival of fall. I should get out of this relationship now while I still had a teaspoon of dignity left.
Dray smiled and took me in his arms. “But don’t worry, nothing is going to change between us. We will always be there for each other. You know that.”
“Yeah, right. I guess it means I’ll just
How did I let this get out of hand so fast?
“Cisco, please put your clothes on and leave,” I said, trying to sound as reasonable as possible.
“So, it’s like that, huh?” I couldn’t tell if he was more angry or hurt.
“It’s like that,” I said. As much as I wanted him out of my house, I couldn’t not look at what seemed to be his big semi-erect dick peering from his white boxers.
“Okay, but I think you’re going to be sorry,” he said, thrusting a finger at me threateningly. Cisco slipped on his black warm-ups and left without a goodbye.
Ten
After a couple of long, lonely days, Dray bounced into my town house as if everything were cool as a spring breeze. I was not amused. He was wearing a hip-hop outfit of warm-ups, a long white T-shirt, and untied sneakers.
“So what you been doing?” he asked, taking a seat on the edge of the chaise in the living room.
“Waiting to hear from you, asshole,” I snapped. It wasn’t what I planned to say, but it just came out.
“Come on, Aldridge, don’t give me a hard time. You know I have a lot going on. I’m adjusting to a new coaching staff, getting settled in the house, and getting ready for my baby.”
I couldn’t resist this opening. “I wondered when we were going to get around to that.”
“Get around to what?”
“The baby. When were you going to tell me? Do you know how humiliating and hurtful it was to find out about it from my trainer, or better yet the newspaper and the Net?” Cisco’s face flashed in my head and I wondered if I should tell Dray how he had tried to seduce me. I still wasn’t sure what all that wasabout, but maybe that would make Dray jealous and he would realize he could lose me. That’s one thing that sometimes annoyed the hell out of me. Dray was so damn cocksure he had me in the palm of his hand, and it might do him some good if he knew I had other options.
“I was going to tell you. But no time seemed like the right time. And I didn’t want to tell you over the phone. We see each other so little that when I’m here all I want to do is hold you and make love to you. Besides, do you know how hard it was going to be for me to tell you Judi was pregnant? I already have you feeling sidelined in my life, so I knew hearing about the baby would upset you. There was no easy way to come out and say it.”
“You’re doing pretty well now, and clearly I’m not the only one you’ve been making love to.” I knew I sounded like some high-school bitch that wasn’t getting her way, but I couldn’t help myself. I had to know that this was bound to happen. That’s what married people did.
“Come on, boi. Married people have babies, and to be honest I’m so happy I don’t know what to do. I’m going to be a daddy. Why can’t you be happy for me? You feel like I’ve stuck you in the background and pull you out whenever I like, but without you … I don’t know how I’d get by. Judi give me things I need sometimes, but what I have with her … it’s not what we’ve got. A lot of this stuff is bigger than us. It involves my family, my career … shit, you know all this already.”
I stood over him for a moment in semi-shock. Here was the man who I had basically given my life to be with gloating over the fact that his wife was about to give him something I never could. The whole world was going to applaud the happy couple while I came up empty-handed. How was I supposed to be happy about that?
It was as if my soul had finally broken, like the New Orleans heat had with the arrival of fall. I should get out of this relationship now while I still had a teaspoon of dignity left.
Dray smiled and took me in his arms. “But don’t worry, nothing is going to change between us. We will always be there for each other. You know that.”
“Yeah, right. I guess it means I’ll just
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